Category Archives: Dig Michigan

Women's History Month: Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye

In Sarah's War, Seeking Michigan pointed us to Michigan in Letters where they have a feature on Sarah Emma Edmonds Seelye, born in 1841 in New Brunswick, Canada. Sarah ran away from home at age 15 to escape her tyrannical father and an arranged marriage. After two years of living on her own, she [...]

Vote on Let's Save Michigan Posters!

Hundreds of posters were submitted, and the 60 finalists in the Detroit Institute of Arts & Let's Save Michigan Poster Contest have been posted online.
Voting is underway, and it's a great chance to see what some artists feel Michigan has going for it.
Poster: Handmade Michigan by Joseph Cissel

Lost Landscapes of Detroit

Lost Landscapes of Detroit from the Prelinger Archives is a disjointedly delightful ramble through historical footage of Detroit. From a filmmaking trick involving downtown Detroit and a Daguerre camera to the Detroit Police Department's film introducing itself through the career of Officer Joe, this is an hour of video that anyone who loves the [...]

Which Way Will the Wind Blow in Michigan?

Lillgrund by axelivarsson
Early in February, Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center and the University of Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute received $1.34 million in state grants to explore the feasibility of offshore wind turbines on Lake Michigan.
Although this study is not yet even off the ground, Scandia Wind and Havgul Clean [...]

James Beard likes Michigan chefs!

The list of Restaurant and Chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards has been released. The Beard awards are the nation's most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. Michigan has an impressive five chefs in the running for Best Chef: Great Lakes:
Myles Anton, Trattoria Stella, Traverse City, MI
Randy [...]

Weird Wednesday: The Giant Grasshopper of Kaleva

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey (also pictured below right) gives you a sample of what's weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda's latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at weirdmichigan.com, follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/lindasgodfrey and [...]

Make a Sour Cherry Preserves Tart for National Cherry Month!

February is National Cherry Month, and over at the Spoon Blog from American Spoon, Megan baked up a tasty treat that she was kind enough to share with us. Dig in!

Ordinarily I would not insist that you drop whatever you’re doing and start baking now, but ordinarily I don’t run across tarts as easy to [...]

Great Lakes Restoration Plan announced

Lake Freighter ducking into Suttons Bay by jsorbieus
The AP's John Flesher takes a look at a five-year blueprint for rescuing the Great Lakes announced by the Obama Administration on Sunday:
The plan envisions spending more than $2.2 billion for long-awaited repairs after a century of damage to the lakes, which hold 20 percent of the world's [...]

Photo Friday: beach walk by abigail burch

abigail burch (Abby Burch) says that she's always loved photography and loves taking pictures of things, places and people she finds interesting with her still relatively new Canon Rebel Xsi .
You can (and should) check this photo of the Muskegon beach out bigger and have a look at her sets including favorites, nature, city, [...]

Learn to Ski at the Homestead Resort

In this Absolute Michigan Sponsor Spotlight, we make a brief visit to the Homestead Resort in Glen Arbor, Michigan and take a lesson with their Director of Skiing, Logan Price.